15 No, we will speak the truth with love. We will grow to be like Christ in every way. He is the head,
16 and the whole body depends on him. All the parts of the body are joined and held together, with each part doing its own work. This causes the whole body to grow and to be stronger in love.
17 I have something from the Lord to tell you. I warn you: Don’t continue living like those who don’t believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.
18 They have no understanding, and they know nothing because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.
19 They have lost their feeling of shame and use their lives to do what is morally wrong. More and more they want to do all kinds of evil.
20 But that way of life is nothing like what you learned when you came to know Christ.
21 I know that you heard about him, and in him you were taught the truth. Yes, the truth is in Jesus.